WILD CHERVIL
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Chaerophyllum procumbens (L. ) Crantz
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| Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 4-24 inches |
| Family: Apiaceae - Parsley Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May, June |
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| Also Called: | | Spreading chervil. | | Stems: | | Slender, spreading, weak, often branched from base, glabrous or slightly hairy at base. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, stalked, pinnately divided more than once, fern-like, glabrous; leaflet lobes oblong, blunt; upper leaves smaller, nearly sessile. | | Inflorescences: | | Umbel, compound, simple or with 2-3 rays; rays 1 to 2 inches long in fruit; flowers 3-10 per umbellet. | | Flowers: | | Tiny, white; petals 5, tips bent inward; stamens 5. | | Fruits: | | Narrowly oblong, 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, wider at or near middle, glabrous or rarely hairy, ridged; ribs on fruit narrower than the spaces between the ribs; stalks thread-like, of uniformly thick. | | Habitat: | | Open woods, thickets, stream banks, and roadsides; moist, alluvial soils. | | Distribution: | | East 1/2 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | The name chervil is said to be derived from ancient Greek chairein "to rejoice" and phyllon "leaf". |
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| Wild chervil |  | | 83 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Wild chervil leaf |  | | 58 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Wild chervil fruits |  | | 57 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Wild chervil flowers |  | | 54 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Wild chervil leaf |  | | 77 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
| | Wild chervil habit |  | | 100 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
| | Wild chervil flowers |  | | 77 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
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